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eps on Nov 25, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Spotify Works

> If I'm paying for it, I don't want to be a node in their network.

You are paying for music licensing and you get the delivery for free because of the p2p nature of their system. Traditional client-server delivery would've simply translated into higher monthly fees, which I am pretty sure would've not been any more popular among their average user base.

nhangen on Nov 25, 2011 | [–]

Perhaps, but I agree they should be more up front about the way they use bandwidth.

cnunciato on Nov 26, 2011 | [–]

Rhapsody, Rdio, etc. all do client-server and cost the same.

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